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Welcome to Rubenesque Yoga!
User friendly Yoga Classes & Retreats!
Our Couples Yoga Retreat is February 19th - 21st 2010 at the Wild Iris Inn in La Conner, WA. Sign up with your partner for a whole weekend of relaxation and fun! See details by clicking on page three to the right "Couples Retreat Feb 2010".
We are currently working on the planning for a Women's Spring Yoga Retreat in May 2010! If you would like to be on our email list to be notified about the Women's Spring Retreat details go to "Contact Us" tab to your right, send us a message and we will be happy to add you to our list!
About Rubenesque Yoga
Our Yoga sessions are gentle and relaxing in nature. We will show you how to modify the postures to fit your body so you don't to bend like a pretzel to attend our classes or retreats! Our sessions are designed to fit with your body! Rubenesque Yoga is perfect for people who are new to yoga or prefer relaxation style yoga.
Some of the people who attend Rubenesque Yoga classes & retreats often comment on how comfortable they feel compared to their past experiences with other yoga classes where a curvy figure was not the norm.
Every Rubenesque Yoga class includes a deep relaxation session which is longer than usually found in most styles of yoga. These sessions will teach you how to really relax your body and release tension. Many people who have experienced these sessions have commented they have never felt so relaxed in their life.
Come join us and find out just how enjoyable our classes & retreats are!
Shelly Talcott is the owner and creator of Rubenesque Yoga. Shelly began practicing Yoga in 1995 and decided to share her love of Yoga and became a certified Yoga Instructor in 1999. Shelly has experience teaching students of all ages, shapes and sizes. Besides teaching Yoga for Plus Sizes Shelly has experience teaching Senior Yoga, and Yoga for Children. The style of Hatha Yoga taught by Shelly is very gentle and relaxing.
Often asked question: Why Rubenesque Yoga?
"Students often ask why I picked the name "Rubenesque Yoga" for my yoga classes. First, I was determined to teach plus size yoga classes since I myself am a plus sized person (up & down in the plus size range) and had experienced what it feels like to attend yoga classes where I was the only one who had a rubenesque figure! I also wanted to share my love of Yoga and show people who are plus sized that they can do Yoga and really enjoy it."
"I always felt that there had been a shift in the way woman are viewed now days compared to earlier in our history. This is evident in the old paintings in the museums of beautiful rubenesque women with curves and rounded bellies! The name Rubenesque Yoga actually came to me back in 1999 when I was thinking about this very thing! I find it interesting that the average sized woman in the U.S. is between a size 12 & 14 and yet all the adds we see every day seem to depict a different average. I believe all women are beautiful regardless of their size and can benefit from yoga. In the style of yoga I teach we take the time to hold the postures, breathe, and feel the postures which connects us with our body, mind, and Spirit giving us a feeling of how beautiful we truly are."
To read article about Shelly in the Snohomish County Business Journal click on the link below...
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